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CURTAIN-POLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,63, datel February 19, 18.84.

' Application filed December 17, 1883. (No model.) i d To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GYRUs EBERLY, a citizen of the United States,residin g at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Iniprovements in Curtain-Poles; andIdohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the-invention, such as will en-j able others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beto letters or figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specication.

This invention relates to that class of cornices or poles for window and door curtains and portires in which the curtain is suspended or hung on sliding supports fitted in guideways on the cornice or pole. y

The curtain poles or cornices 4heretofore used in connection with sliding curtain supports or hangers have been made hollow, or provided with a longitudinal groove in the lower face for the reception of the curtain-supports, and various means have been resorted to'for holding said supports in a stationary position after the curtains have been properly adjusted. These devicesinvolve a special construction of the curtain pole or cornice,and materially increase the cost thereof over the ordinary poles or cornices having the curtainthereof. In the present invention I retain the shape of the ordinary curtain pole or cornice, and combine therewith simple and cheap devices for suspending the curtain or curtains,

pole and. operate with ease and certainty for holding the curtains in position after they have been properly adjusted.

My invention also involves a novel shape of the brackets for supporting the curtain pole or cornice which will permit the curtain the casing of the window or door.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing a curtain-pole fitted in its brackets, and the curtains suspended from the sliding supports on the pole and drawn through the slots in the brackets. Fig 2 is a rear view of a portion of the curtain-pole with the curtainsupporting dcvis secured thereto. Fig. 3 isa transverse section through the line x @c of Fig. 2. 'Figa 4L is a detail view of one of the curtain-hangers.

The letter A designates a curtain pole or V to receive the outer edge of the curtain. The

Object of this formation is to permitthe curtain to be drawn through the slot in the bra-ck-' et and extended beyond the latter, so as to cover the sides of thewindow or door casing.

On the rear face of the curtain pole or cornice are arranged the devices for-suspending or supporting the curtains, which consist of a guide strip or way, C, securely attached to the pole or cornice, and curtain supports or hangers D, adapted to slide on saidstrip or way C. The latter is generally formed of a piece of sheet metal which has its lower portion bent in an upward direction and then returned in aldownward direction between the main portion of the metal strip and the outer surface formed by the upward bend of the metal strip. The main portion of the latter is firmly secured to the rear face of the cornic'e, and the oppositely bent or folded portion ofthe metal strip extends in front of said main portion and forms the guideway proper for the curtain supports or hangers D. The latter generally consist of narrow plates of sheet metal, which have their upperl portions bent in a downward and upward direction, so as to form hook-shaped extremities, which conform to the shape of the op'positely bent or folded strip, constituting the guideway C. The hangers D have holes for the passage of threads, or other means for attaching the same to the curtains; but, instead of this form of connection, hooks on the hangers may receive eyelets on the curtains. It will be seen that the hangers are IOO fitted on the guideway in such a manner that they can slide freely thereon, but will not be able to rise or become detached therefrom, and

thus I secure very simple and effective means for adjusting the curtains.

It Will be obvious that the openings in the brackets B must be made of such a shape or size as to permit one or more of the outer hangers to pass into the same and the intersecting vertical slot in the bracket for allowing the curtains to be drawn beyond the brackets or over the window or door casing.

I have illustrated sheet-metal curtain-hangers andV guideway for the same made of the same material; but I also propose to make these par of Wood or of Wire by properly shapingor bending pieces of Wood or Wire. When wires are used for forming the guideway for the curtain-hangers, it is proposed to attach longitudinal Wires located on different planes to curved Wire brackets extending outwardly from the curtain pole or cornice, and the curtain-hangers may be in this instance Wire hooks which slide on the longitudinal wires, and so shaped that they cannot rise on said guide-wires, but can move freely thereon from end to end.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A pole or cornice for curtains, haring a guideway on its rear face for the reception of adjustable curtain hangers or supports, the latter being free to slide on or in said guide- Way', but unable to rise therefrom, substantially as herein set forth.

2. A pole or cornice for curtains, having an attachable and detachable guidcway on its rear face for the reception of adjustable curtain hangers or supports, the latter being free to slide on said guideway, but unable to rise therefrom, substantially as herein set forth.

8. A pole or cornice for curtains, having on .its rear face a metallic guideway or strip consisting of a body portion or attaching-plate and a hook-shaped outer or guide portion, in combination with hooleshaped curtain hangers or supports fitted on said guideway or strip, substantially as herein set forth.

4. The combination of brackets havingvertical slots 'intersecting with their curtain-pole openings, with the curtain pole or cornice, and the curtain or curtains sliding thereon and adapted to be carried through the slots in the brackets, substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presenceof two witnesses.

CYRUS EBERLY.

lfitliesses:

GEO. D. Jonas, M. LoY, Jr. 

